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US names Afghan massacre suspect

The US soldier accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan earlier this week has been named as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a US official said today.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, declined to provide additional details about the soldier, who is believed to have walked off his base in southern Afghanistan on Sunday and gunned down the 16 villagers, plunging already tense US-Afghan relations into a tailspin.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai accused the US earlier today of failing to fully cooperate with an investigation into the massacre.